Re: [vox-tech] Cannot Connect to Comcast highspeed

[Jeff Newmiller <jdnewMAPSmil@dcn.davis.ca.us>]

Ryan wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 May 2006 07:47 pm, Tim Riley timriley-at-appahost.com |lugod| 
> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 19:26 -0700, wenk@puddleglum.homeip.net wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 04:47:24PM -0700, Tim Riley wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello Linux Gurus:
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to connect to Comcast's portal to the Internet
> > > > but without success.
> > > >
> > > > <snip>
> > >  One thing to check out is if the MAC
> > > address you are using in Windows ME matches the one that you are using
> > > in Linux.
> > It doesn't match. Windows ME is another machine.
> >
> >
> > >  Comcast will only let the MAC addr that it was setup with to
> > > go through.
> > Oh my God! This can't be true. They are scum if this is true.
> >
> > I'll pull out the interface card in my Windows ME machine and
> > install it in my Linux box to see if Comcast is scum.
>
> I've changed MAC addresses with comcast here in davis, but you need to shut 
> the modem off for a few minutes in between for some reason.
I can second this, but thirty seconds should be sufficient.  It is
NOT necessary to do MAC address cloning or move ethernet cards on Comcast.
Having a router of some sort is by far the most convenient solution if
you have multiple computers.

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